Dr. Prasun Chatterjee

DR. PRASUN CHATTERJEE

ADDRESS-F93, Ansari Nagar West Campus, AIIMS, New Delhi-110029

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DATE OF BIRTH:- 30/09/1978

Motivating and talented elderly care physician and Professor driven to inspire students towards academic and personal excellence in Geriatric Medicine, Gerontology and community Geriatrics.

Consistently striving to create a model of active ageing through life course perspective, by research, academics and philanthropy.

An exceptional thinker and researcher, who work tirelessly in a wide and varied spectrum ranging from community health care to molecular research.

CORE EXPERTISE 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

 M.B.B.S    (1997-2004)                          - Calcutta University 

Training in Psychiatry (2004-2005) - Calcutta University 

Diploma training in Pulmonology (2005-2007) - Calcutta University 

Doctor of Medicine (M.D) in Geriatric Medicine (2007- 2010)-  Madras Medical College

Sr. Residency Geriatric –(2010-2013)– All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi

Senior Research Associate (2013-2014)-Awarded by CSIR

EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor                                                                                               2 March to 15 September 2021

Department of Geriatric Medicine

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi (Govt. of India)

Assistant Professor                                                                                                20^th May, 2014 –30^th June, 2017

Department of Geriatric Medicine

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi (Govt. of India)

Consultant                                                                                                               2 March 2020 - till date

 WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi.       

 Member to the Technical advisory group for measurement, monitoring and evaluation of the UN decade of Healthy Ageing. 

Responsibilities:

As a faculty in Geriatric Medicine at AIIMS:                                                              

• Training of PHC, CHC doctors in Geriatric Medicine under NPHCE Nursing training and other paramedics.
• Teaching postgraduate students in Geriatric Medicine.
• Basic and clinical research in the field of Geriatric Medicine.

MD Student :                                                                                                        

Madras Medical College                                                                                             

Leading Postgraduate for teaching MBBS, MSc Nursing and Junior Post graduates – Madras Medical College

PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS

Book Authored- “Health and Wellbeing in Late Life: perspectives and Narratives from India”- published by Springer Nature (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-8938-2)

Scientific Articles:

1. Rao AR, Thakral M, Saini MK, Chatterjee P, Dey AB. Blood biomarkers in older subjects with mild behavioral impairment: A cross-sectional study from the memory clinic, all india institute of medical sciences, India. J Indian Acad Geriatr 2020;16:91-4
2.  Rani K, Rastogi S, Vishwakarma P, Bharti PS, Sharma V, Renu K, Modi GP, Vishnu VY, Chatterjee P, Dey AB, Nikolajeff F, Kumar S. A novel approach to correlate the salivary exosomes and their protein cargo in the progression of cognitive impairment into Alzheimer's disease. J Neurosci Methods. 2021 Jan 1;347:108980. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.108980. Epub 2020 Oct 17. PMID: 33075328.
3.  Rao AR, Chatterjee P, Thakral M, Dwivedi SN, Dey AB (2020) Behavioural issues in late life may be the precursor of dementia- A cross sectional evidence from memory clinic of AIIMS, India. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0234514. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234514.
4. Chatterjee P, Yatnatti S K. Intergenerational Digital Engagement: A Way to Prevent Social Isolation During the COVID ‐19 Crisis. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16563.
5. Bajpai S, Upadhyay A, Sati H, Pandey RM, Chatterjee P, Dey AB. Hindi Version of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination III: Distinguishing Cognitive Impairment Among Older Indians at the Lower Cut-Offs. Clin Interv Aging. 2020;15:329–339.
6. Chatterjee P,  Srivastava A K.,  Kumar D A.,   Chakrawarty A,   Khan M A., Akash K. Ambashtha,  et al. ^.Effect of deep tissue laser therapy treatment on peripheral neuropathic pain in older adults with type 2 diabetes: a pilot randomized clinical trial. BMC Geriatrics 19, Article number: 218 (2019) ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3260-2458.
7. Singhal S, Singh S, Upadhyay AD, Dwivedi SN,  Das CJ, Mohta S,  Chatterjee P,  Dey AB,  Chakrawarty A. Serum creatinine and cystatin C-based index can be a screening biomarker for sarcopenia in older population. European Geriatric Medicine. 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-019 00197-x.
8. Chatterjee P, RebokGW, DwivediS N, Kumar D A, MadanR, Dey A B. Development of Integrated Care Tool - BRIEF (ICT-BRIEF) for screening the unmet psycho-socio-medical needs of older Indians. Indian Journal of Public Health 2019;63(1):51-57. 
9.  Bansal R, Chatterjee P, Chakrawarty A, Satpathy S, Kumar N, Dwivedi SN, Dey A B.Diabetes: A risk factor for poor mental health in aging population. Journal of Geriatric Mental Health 2018;5(2):152-158.
10.  Chatterjee P, Kumar P, Kandel R, Madan R, Tyagi M , Kumar D A , Khan M A , Desai G , Chaudhary P, Gupta S, Grover K, Dey A B. Nordic walking training and nutritional supplementation in pre-frail older Indians: an open-labelled experimental pre-test and post-test pilot study to develop intervention model. BMC Geriatrics 2018; 18:212. 
11.  Banerjee J, Satapathy S, Upadhyay AD, Dwivedi SN, Chatterjee P, Kumar L, Rath GK, Dey AB. A short geriatric assessment tool for the older person with cancer in India-Development and psychometric validation. J Geriatr Oncol. 2018: S1879-4068(18): 30038-9.
12. Banerjee J , Pradhan R, Gupta A, Kumar R, Sahu V, D Upadhyay A, Chatterjee P, Dwivedi S, Dey S, Dey AB.CDK4 in lung, and head and neck cancers in old age: evaluation as a biomarker. Clinical and Translational Oncology 2017; 19:571-578.
13. Gunasekaran V, Dey S, Chakrawarty A, Chatterjee P, Sati HC, Dwivedi SN, Dey AB. Raised serum cystatin C can be a potential biomarker of frailty detected by cumulative deficit model. Aging Medicine. 2018;1-5.
14. Rai N, Kumar R, Desai GR, Venugopalan G, Shekhar S, Chatterjee P, Tripathi M, Upadhyay AD, Dwivedi S, Dey AB, Dey S. Relative Alterations in Blood-Based Levels of Sestrin in Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients. J Alzheimers Dis. 2016;54(3):1147-1155.
15. Gunasekaran V, Banerjee J, Dwivedi S N, Upadhyay A D, Chatterjee P, Dey A B. Normal gait speed, grip strength and thirty seconds chair stand test among   older Indians. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics2016; 67: 171-178.
16. Kandel R, Nisar S, Desai G.R, Chatterjee P, Dey A.B. Multiple atypical presentations in a case of multiple myeloma in an elderly female. European Geriatric Medicine 2014;5 (5):334-335.
17. Chatterjee P, Kandel R, Desai G R, Chellayan V, Biswas A, Dey A B. Development of simple diagnostic criteria for frailty syndrome in Indian elderly population. International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (IJMPS) 2014; 4 (5):21-30.
18. Chatterjee P, Kandel R, Bhatti H, Challyion V, Chowdhury R, Desai GR, Kumar V,  Dey A B. Grip strength: an alternative for measuring osteoporosis in elderly. International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (IJMPS) 2014; 4(2): 89-98.
19. Amar A, Jathar S, Chatterjee P, Das P C, Dey A B. A case of Splenic vein thrombosis presenting as fever of unknown origin in older patient: A case report and literature review. European Geriatric Medicine 2013; 4 (3):  196–197.
20. Kumar R, Chatterjee P, Sharma P. K., Singh A. K,. Gupta A, Dey A B, Dey S.  Sirtuin1: A promising serum protein marker for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. PloS one 2013; 8(4): e61560.
21. Das P C, Chatterjee P, Kumar P, Kumar G, Dey A.B. Prevalence and predictors of geriatric syndromes in an outpatient clinic at a tertiary care hospital of India. J Aging Res Clinic Practice 2013; 2(1):117-120.
22. Kumar P, Das P C, Chatterjee P, Dey A B. A novel occupational therapy strategy for cognitive impairment in old age.  Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics 2012; 8:120-123.
23. Chatterjee P, Krisnaswamy B. Prevalence and predisposing factors of frailty syndrome in elderly (> 75 years) Indian population in sub-acute care setup. J Aging Res Clinic Practice 2012; 1(1):3-5.

Awarded research grant from highest research funding agency of India such as Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) on innovative research projects:

• Multimodal intervention (diet, exercise and computer based cognitive training) amongst elderly subject with subjective cognitive impairment (SCI) attending Geriatric clinic of AIIMS - A pilot randomized control trial study" (by DST).

• Study of Knowledge, Attitude, Perception &Medical Awareness towards a Model of ─ Intergenerational Engagement & Science, for Sanitation, Hygiene & Health. (by DST)

• Characteristics of Indian Super Agers- A pilot prospective cohort study with a potential future predictive model.  (by ICMR)

• Awarded Effect of Smart Nordic Walking Training on Mobility Independence in Community Elderly- A pilot Study.  (by ICMR)

• Exploring Quarantine Experience on baby boomers, Gen X and    Millennials in times of COVID-19: A cross sectional Global Online Survey (AIIMS Intramural project grant)

• Predicting Frailty in Indian Hospital setting; comparison of three indicators Intramural project funded by AIIMS, New Delhi.

• Deep tissue laser therapy in diabetic peripheral neuropathy-a RCT funded by LabIndia Pvt. Ltd.

• Impact of school-based Intergenerational learning on schoolchildren, their parents and active ageing for native Uttar Pradesh by Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.

Project supervising as Co-Investigator

• Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia (DAD) for Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI), NIH,USA project.
• “mAging” project for development of infrastructure for application of mobile telephony in old age care.
• Randomized control Clinical Trial on Frailty intervention (2012 – 2015)- Funded by National Programme for the Health Care of the Elderly population(NPHCE)  
• Health profile of rural elderly population of North India (2012-2013) - Funded by NPHCE
• CSIR awarded project Creatinine Height index, a cost effective biomarker of Sarcopenia in elderly population (2013 – 2016).

Book Chapters  

1. Approach to Older People in Clinical Settings - Postgraduate Medicine by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Chapter 140

2. Geriatric health in India-API West Bengal Branch- March 2009, Infection in Elderly - Chapter 7  

3. Immune Status in the Elderly- for the Medicine Update 2012  

4. Biomarkers of aging – for the Medicine Update 2013  

5. Development of geriatric medicine in India and others parts of world- Textbook of Geriatric Medicine, 1^st Edition, 2014  

6. Immunology of ageing- Textbook of Geriatric Medicine, 1^st Edition, 2014  

7. Geriatric Syndrome- API text Book of Medicine-11^th Edition, 2019.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP  

Member of the WHO South-East Asia Region Expert Panel for Healthy Ageing and WHO Clinical Consortium on Health Ageing.

Indian Academy of Geriatrics

State Medical Council of West Bengal- 59042

Medical Council of Delhi- 52156